Week of September 23, 2003
A federal appeals court puts the California gubernatorial recall election back on
track for October 7. reversing an order to postpone the vote.
The United Nations announces that security conditions were so bad in Iraq that it
was pulling out most foreign staffers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is gaining ground in California’s first gubernatorial recall
election. It’s to be held next week. Governor Gray Davis is said to be fighting for
his political life
Pope John Paul II appoints 31 new cardinals and some say, this action raises
questions about his health. One of the Cardinals will become his successor.
A bomb explodes in the Baghdad at a hotel housing American journalists. It was
the first attack in Baghdad targeting foreign media workers. One hotel employee
was killed.
CompUSA agrees to acquire Good Guys Inc for $55.3 million in cash.
The FCC votes to allow Univision to purchase Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. Price
is $3.25-billion.
Technology -
MusicMatch In begins offering downloadable songs from leading record labels.
It’ll impose the fewest restrictions so far on copying and portability.
Entertainment news -
Passing - Actor/dancer Donald O’Connor (78).
Passing -
George Plimpton
(76) - writer and editor and
the man who seemed to do everything.
Passing - Actor
Gordon Jump
(71)
best known as the Maytag Man and
“WKRP in Cincinnati.”
Music news
- The late Tupac
Shakur has another posthumous
release. Produced by Eminem it’s
called “Runnin’ (Dying to Live,” and
features Shakur and his late rival the Notorious B.I.G.
